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THE DAILY PICAYUNE- -NEW ORLEANS. SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1898. you're different from all that I've ever met: for that very reason I've something to tell you, and- Look, the he suddenly cried. 80 intent had Mildred been upon Denton a conversation, that she had allowed the candy to boll over. More than that, It WAS scorched and wretched 50 also was the remainder of the evening for Denton.

The interruption had jarred upon him. He went home 8001 after. without speaking the words that were on his lips. Several weeks later his book appeared. At fret It made no great stir, but when the Oriterion published severe criticism of the work, classing It with certala French novels and styling It "a living picture," In an incredible short time It ran Into Its tenth edition.

Denton was taken up and borne aloft upon the shoulders of society, SO to epeak. He Was wined and dined and lionized from mornIng to night, until life began to be a butden. Hurrying along the street In the direction of his club one afternoon, he saw Mildred Arnold about to enter her CAL riage. As she took her seat her eyes fell upon Denton, and she motioned the coachman to wait. "I thought I recognized you when came from the house," she said, giving I him her hand.

"And too, recognized you bait way op the square," said Denton. "Which way do you go?" she asked, seeing one of the horses grow restless. said Denton, and the word echoed strangely in his heant. "Ah, I'm sorry you're not going in my direction," and then, very softly, "Have you been quite well?" "Very well, thank you." He rested his hand upon the carriage window and came a little closer, but it seemed to him that a great distance lay between them. been wanting to see you," he said, with a slight show of embarrassment; was something I started to tell you the last time I called, but the candy boiled over." he explained, smiling frankly.

is hardly the place to tell you," he went on, riveting his eyes upon the eilk tassel that hung from the carriage curtain, "but I'm going away in a day or two for several months, and though I will see you upon my return, I want you to know among the first. It is this wben I come back I'm going to be married." She was leaning slightly forward, her lips were pressed together and her face was pale, but otherwise she was passionless. "Then I'm sure I wish you very, very happy life," she replied, quite gently. Denton bowed and drew back it was her literary taste that at- back to the dining-room pantry. He from the carriage.

She smiled down upon Denton, for he himself was An stole quietly forward and stood In the him as she held out her hand. The color author and at that period was writing his doorway. Mildred was there, wearing had come back to her cheeks In a great of Tantalus," which afterward the daintiest little apron in the world. scarlet flood, and he thought he had never society into flutter of excite- Her head was turned from him, but he seen her look more queenly. Perhaps the spiritual faculties of could see the roses on her cheek, and "Good by- -good by," she repeated, end men found fellowship in the all- her hair shone like ebony beneath the the next moment Denton stood alone.

Perrading presence of the young woman's light. She was cutting chocolate. ep nature. "Just in time for the caramels," It was January evening. sugges When spring came, Denton called, the laughed Denton.

tion of closed doors, closely drawn curAnt beight day, to take her walking in She turned quickly, and the knife fell tains and glowing hearth permeated he country. They boarded an electric car from her band. the cold, Invigorating air. Denton but alighted at the further end of You!" she exclaimed, her face Ta- toned up his top coat, and, throwing Pretty little suburban village. diant and her eyes scintillating bright- back his shoulders, started at a brisk pace them stretched a smooth, white ly.

He held her hand a trifle longer than down the street. He had returned to the by great, sturdy trees. On was necessary. city the day before, and was now on his side of the highway the wild lilacs "What stately little cook you are, way to see Mildred Arnold. He stopped blooming and the air was Alled with to be sure," he said, surveying her from on his way at a floriet's establisbment, and the sabtle breath of spring.

head to foot. She withdrew her hand and selected a magnificent American Beauty. time they came to bubbling stepping back a pace, began to ask him Somehow the house seemed strange as winding through a rock gorge. score of little feminine questions -how he gained the steps. He rang the bell, ed to come down here to fish and- be came, how he knew she was there, and stood wondering bow she would rewhen I was a boy, said Denton, why she didn't bear him coming and the celve nim.

What a deep light had heretofore, always the path by the side of the stream like. Then she assigned him to the task glowed in her brown eyes, Would the remainder of the choc. whenever she came to meet blin. a until they herself It be the came now? or was he lost in her on some distance of chopping up boulder, of rock trellised at the base of a the olate, pots and pans. among estimation- one of the "earthly ledge while she busied practical." with budding candy was bubbling thickly A trim maid, whom be had never seen Soon the this beautiful spot! said Mildred.

upon the stove. Denton sat him down. he A "Is Miss opened Arnold at home," before, the door. was one of my favorite haunts," spirit of silence came over as removing hie silk hat. he asked Denton.

"Many an afternoon I've dreamily fixed his eyes upon Mildred. The servant looked puzzled for 10- any while more practical people "Did you spend a pleasant sumner?" said. nient. "That "Oh, is, they've she moved, went on, ehe uncon- dually and achieving something," she asked, dropping lump of butter vernedly, "Mrs. Aruold went south, SO ad then, quickly- you do not like into the candy.

the girl next door says, right after the people, do he asked. replied Denton, and Miss Mar- young Denton lady started died." back and the fell depends, Mildred auswered, low rose before him. from his hand. A thousand Images rose of brightly into lids questioning face "Danced every night, 1 suppose?" she Mildred dashed before him, and the sound ate practical people, and earthly queried, slowly stirring the candy. of her low voice rang in his ears.

people, These latter canot "Yes, Indeed- every he repeated Here ie your rose, sir, said the serat random. vant. He took the flower. In a dazed Denton's face lighted with "And lots and lots of pretty girls?" manner he turned and went down the up a peculiar steps. It had begun to snow, and the brightly.

ground was white. Slowly he wandered do you call 'earthly practical? "Lots of them. along the street. his head strangely, bent- She rested the spoon upon the edge of his breath coming in great gasps. Somekary lovers," Mildred repiled.

for the pan and glanced quickly at Denton. lug thing tonched his was elbow. about to He wake turned him think. from arbo, seem to have but one object "What's come over you?" she asked. a dream.

some oue The dim light from a lamp fell money making. And for this they don't believe sou're heard a word I've 0000 the pinched and plaintive face of a all their higher facilities, misuse said." little girl, clad in tatters and shivering and die before their time." Denton ceased drumwing on the edge of with "Please, sir, mother's. very ill and DIRT who paints a picture his chair, and raleed his head. has nothing to cat-I-th- think she will the my book and in doing 80 caters "I was wondering if there was any one die pubile taste the sake of wone- 00 earth quite like 300," he replied, in Denton put his hand in his pocket in earthly asked low volce. and turned gave away the he wait a recollected roll of the bills.

rose As he he Bathering up a baadful of polo The girl's dark lashes tell heavily upon carried. he called to the child. her damask cheeks. She turned aside and Then he In went to her and placed the resumed the stirring. flower Tell your her arms.

mother. child, to take thie. pebble into the water and she asked, archly. she dies, to he said, pointing moment, and then Denton was allent for a moment, and upwards. would have 110 place then, quite slowly: Copyright, 1808, by the Bacheller Syndfeate.) INTERNATIONAL CHESS MATCH.

HIS AMERICAN BEAUTY. THE STORY OF A ROSE AND A LOST LOVE. Written for the New Orleans Sunday Picayune, BY JOSEPH SEBASTIAN ROGERS. 0 00 0100010 met her at the Marlow's In your esteem?" he ventured in a careHe bad just come in from the less tone, as if asking an idle question. night and was standing the between throng sald Mildred, pensively, think Idly suveying not." There filed the rooms, I've never of the was a long pause.

The rippling there are several SHies water at their feet and the song WAS 'saring to Marlow: of a blue bird from tree near by filled instance, the tall young! lady with up the interval of silence. and brown eyes, over there by Denton arose. "After all, I suppose you in she is isn't are tenance, right," "when he said, I come with to think troubled of it, coun- I Slidred Arcold- pretty, replied Miss Marlow, with a touch must agree with condescension in ber voice. Then she swered, "Why, arising course and you looking do," around Mildred her. anacross the 1001 and presented That Denton revised, of his night part Denton walked home, he manuscript by discarding some ten or fiffthat he had never met teen pages and Alling up the gap with night as at to himself like Mildred Arnold.

There newly written in the of It was several weeks later that he quite matter. of her hand, the bend dined distinct personality pose the wave "The with great the secret noted of success publisher, in Linting. modern herd, arm; and a certain subtle sugges- novel writing," said Linting, as the wine of herself: in things about her per- was circling, "can be summed up in one a hundred, though word Denton went home, fan, for instance he would before, and the searched through his waste basket, found known it among he had never bosom seemed to the discarded pages and again embodied seen it rose breathed from hers. Her voice was them in his manusoript. on her its life and her dark will be, will be," he muttered.

dir, tull-toned and low, As 8000 as the weather 'grew warm, reminded him of deep pools reflect- Denton posted off to the mountains, and all the shade of the moving heavens. society looked knowing when it was days later Denton called. learned that Miss Marlow was also there. brought you this," said he, unfolding At the clubs In town, the gossip was that beauty rose, "because I nave Denton and Miss Marlow were constantly that it is your favorite flower." together- now scaling some mountain Now very queer. It is my favorite, If, peak, now taking loug walks over the picI have any, for I am dearly fond turesque roads, or sitting out upon the Then she took the rose, veranda in the moonlight evenings.

Be thanking him, laid it against her face. this as it may. Denton must have worked of a kind," thought Denton. After during the summer, for when he returned used to think of her as his his book was finished and in the hands of merlean Beauty." the publisher. became very good friends after He was not long in calling upon Mi.

this man of society and the gentle- dred. Mrs. Arnold, whom he met commered, book-loving home Per- Ing out of the house, told him to walk "LOOK! THE CANDYP: HE CRIED. The Contest Will be for the Sir George Newnes Trophy. Great Britain and America Now Ready for the Game by Cable.

The British Victory of Last Year Not Yet Forgotten. America Will Make a Desperate Effort to Regain Lost Honors. The interest of all who are skilled that most difficult and fascinating of is beginning to center in games, chess, the great cable chess match, which is to be played early In March, between England and the United States. The all fact that this will be strictly Yankee British contest, since only native born citizens of the respective countries are adds Lest to the allowed to compete, struggle for national chess supremacy, So tar the honors have been quite evenly divided between the two nations. In the trophy, but had it 1896 America won wrested from her by the British In 1807, This year, should the British win again, will be theirs to keep, hence the trophy best players of both nations are the bound to do their best.

trophy for which the rival teams The contending is a solid silver chess cup, are valued at $1000. It is thirty Inches high, inches long, Aftee4 inches twenty-four and weighs with its base of polwide, forty pounds. The design Ished ebony represents America, with her shield of and the and eagle, on one side liberty cap the other Britannia, with base, shield and lion. Above these and on trident, all the chessmen appear, the rook figures and the bishop the bowl. Around the bowl clusbeing the standard apex and the queen and king of the ter the pawns, and knights are used as ornaments In This splendid trophy WAS prerellet.

George Newnes, president of sented by Sir the British Chess Club. chosen who have been The ten players for England this year are to do -battle all exceptionally strong players, and in the Americans will meet foemen them of their best steel. Their names worthy Blackburne, Amos Burn, E. R. are: J.

H. G. H. Bellingham, E. M.

JackAtkins. E. 501, C. D. Lowcock, D.

Y. Mills, E. Caro and H. Trenchard. Burn, Caro and TrenJacobs, Three of these men, part in last year's match.

chard, bad no Amos Burn has just won frat prize In the amateur tournament In Wales, connow in splendid working form, and Bellingham, the former winner. quering He is have the opportunity of avenging may Showalter, who defeated him himself on is the young expert, who in 1896. H. Caro Berlin last summer made his interna. at tional debut, and, although winning no prizes, H.

W. Trenchard played in proved himself a remarkably able chess player. original cable match between the the and Manhattan chess clubs several British years until the coming match, to show ago, but bias had no opportunity since, do. The six players who what he can been selected to defend the Newnes have all men with brilliant records. Not one of them so far has been defeattrophy are ed, except with 1 1-2 points to his credit.

Lowcock. Blackburne conquered Pillsbury the amateur champion of EngAtkins, defeated Burrille and drew with land, Delmar. Bellingham made his fret interlast year and drew with national fight States Champion Hodges, E. Ex-United clean score to his M. Jackson conquering has a Baird, of Manhattan, credit, Brooklyn.

Lowcock was Showalter and tied with and Helms, of defeated by Scotch champion, drew Hymes. Mills, and the with Hymes. H. Jacobe with Hodges brilliant victory over McCutcheon won a and his selection adds materiallast year, ly to are the records of the the strength of the English team. Such, briefly, against whom the Americans will are men and without doubt it to contend, be the strongest team ever prove to pitted against America by Great H.

Britain. N. Of the American chess players, is the most famous. Mr. PillsPillsbury is a young man, only about 26 years bury he la one of the ablest and old, and yet chess players in the world tobest-known recelved his chess education in day.

He Deschapelles and. Boston clubs, and the early showed remarkable mastery of difficulties of the game. His Arst the achievement wAS the winning of great at odds of pawn and move, two games, from the celebrated Steinitz. This was in 1892, and the feat gave publicity to his Since that date his rise to face name. has been phenomenal.

He has conquered some of the best chess players of this country and Europe, notably at the chess congress held at Hastings, England, where he defeated with apparent ease such veteran players as Stelnitz, Lasker and Tarrasch. Last year he won the championship of the United States from Showalter by the score of 10 to 8 and three draws. Jackson W. Showalter another of America's notable chess players. He first came into prominence as chess player something like ten years ago.

He is strong strategist, and has met successtully soine of the world's best players. A. B. Hodges is a southerner by birth, and an exceptionally strong player. He has held the championship of the New York State Association, and Is considered one of the most brilliant players in America.

Eugene Delmar is veteran at the board. For at least twenty years he has been looked upon AS one of the great players of the country, but he is not in any sense a back number, an his recent victories testify. John F. Berry has won first prize in several club. tournaments and matches against the finest players in Boston, and is considered one of the ablest chess ex perts of that Intellectual city.

He la not yet 30 rears old; but already takes rank in the higher chess circles. Among the other famous American chess players, who have won an international reputation, may be mentioned the names lodest Women Modesty in women is no less a charm than beauty and wit. Is it any wonder that women atflicted with physical disorders peculiar to their sex shrink from personal aminations by male physicians? The weaknesses and Irregularities of women may be recognised by certain unfailing symptoms. Backache, headache, bearing down pains, irritability and extreme nervousness Indicate derangement of the delicate female organism. Braddeld' Female Regulator Is the standard remedy for diseases of women.

Sold by druggists at $1.00 per bottle. The Bradfield Regulator Atlanta, Ga 9 J.H BLACKBURNE EUGENE DELMAR, AMOS BURN) SE BARRY, BOSTON SIR GEORGE NEWNES INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE CHESS. TROPHY COD: TEED BROOKLYN WE TRENCHARD HODGES, NEW YORD THE CHESS TROPHY, AND THE MEN WHO WILL CONTEST FOR IT. of F. M.

Teed, C. F. Burrille, Hymes, Helms and McCutcheon. The unique feature of this celebrated chess match is the dietence which separates the opponents. There will be something like 3383 miles, mostly of salt water, between the opposing players; and yet.

the move of each player will be known to his adversary in a few seconds. This wonder is accomplished through the agency of the submarine cable. The method of playing distant matches is interesting. Promptly at 9:30 o'clock a. New York time, on the day selected for the opening of the match, the players of each team will take their places at tables numbered from 1 to 10.

One of two slips of paper, numbered 1 and 2, will now be drawn. If the number drawn is odd, the odd-numbered tables of the British side have the first move; if even, then the even-numbered tables of the same side move first. The result of the drawing is at once cabled to the other side and the names of the players in the order at which they have been seated. Time will be called at 10 o'clock. a.

m. The Instant a move is made It is sent flying acrose the ocean; and in less than fifteen seconds the opposing player gets knowledge of it, and can move accordingly. Every player must make at least twenty moves an hour. He may divide up the hour to suit himself, that is, he can spend ten seconds on one more and ten minutes on another, but the sum total of moves during the hour must equal twenty. Thus will the great cable chess match be played to a finish, with the' Britishers in London, the Americans in Brooklyn and the stormy Atlantic rolling between.

Truly the nineteenth century is beginning to annihilate distance. THE MILL STREAM. Tickle, tackle, to, Laughing as I go, With a and giggle, With a squirm, a reel, a wriggle; Leaping here and there Through the balmy air, Tossing high my lacy spraying Like thousand fountains playing. See my plume-sprays, how they steal The world's tintings as they reel; Now the azure of the sky, Where turqucise and lamond vie: Now the em rald of the trees, Sagely nodding in the breeze; Now the death-onk's crimson vine Reds my crests like ruby wine. in the shade I love to rest With the pale Illies on my breast.

The secrets of their golden heart In tender whispering impart. Here, where soft fern wreathe gird the bank, And tall weeds ranged in royal rank, Like warriors in martial guise, From ont the drooping grasses rise, Comes Ethelda, the miller's maid, To dream within the quiet shade, And to her seasoing arms to lure The lilies, golden-hearted, pure. She stoops with arm outstretched and lips Expectantly apart; the tips Of her fair fingers laying hold The Lilles with their bearte of gold. Her cheek aglow with love and south, Her eyes agleam with Joy and truth, While curl the tresses of her hair About throat supernal fair. An.

mel ah, me! She does not dream That does the still droning stream Drink deep her beauty's a fairy faceThe Hebe form, the joy kissed face. Nor does she feel the sly caress Or mine on lips or gleaming tress, Not know the mem'ry of the maid That guides my dreaming in the shade. How the sunbeams lash In mine ev'ry lash, Roaring, shrieking as I. tumble, Like the distant thunder's rumble. Ob, come laugh with me; Lend your soul to glee.

Who would pine and sorrow borrow? Leave repining for the morrow. Glist I in the sunshine's l'ght, In the shadows grow I bright; While my hands, water dripping, And spras shod feat, light skipping, Turn the mill wheel 'round and round. Will it. sill it, forward bound. Ob, who'd and POTTO borrow? Leave rep ning for the morrow.

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